Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06

| SIC 90. Lard Sc 70a6 rs. Dry salt meats. toxed
| -Sh opIders 50 679 long clears 50 20; clear
81 IS short. clears 81 70Gs 90. Bacon, boxed
| LOTS houlders SIS 25G6 so; long clears and
short lear ribs S. I0Gs p; short clears IS $50
So q, ms SlI 50GI4OO Afternoon board
Wheat Pa gher; May s41zc June s4%9s4zSc;
July Sl89 slzsc; August SI&SSI9t; corn quiet
and steady !; oats dull.
CHICAGO, ILL, May 4.-There was better
feeling lpreTa ling on change when trading
opened this morning ard prices were cores
pondingly higher :. June wheat opened firm at
$3.50 and quickI7 advanced to Si5Ec under brisk
local buyers. 5a4le option IN corn opened
315.c and sold free iy az 4Oc Ia the provision
about 21zc advance over yesterdays closing
prices. Lard was little more freely offered
than RIBS at unchanged prices. An early ad-
vance to s4zSc for June wheat was caused
by heavy purchases made by Irwin,
Greene and kerskaE. They bought about
all that was offered. On the Lpturn the
houses named are alleged to have taken in
July two mdhOn BASKETS Several times
during the first two houzs of the session June
scld up TO e415c Temper Of local crowd being
strong on general principle as much as on
any special news. There were those who e.
pected decline TO- day, bas!ns' this belief on
the tip tnat was permitted 70 leak out from
certain houses largely Interested Ia the mar
ketY but, as it Is quite generally known, these
houses are daily in reasing their lines of long
wheat. The tip was looked upon as unreliable
ana the crowd therefore refraiEed from rush
Ing In 70 sell lot Of stuff that Ii is claimed,
the bull clique was W3ising for an opportunity
10 Ouy' 4ne MARIE ned SteaQY ana CT SEQ Tor
the Gay ~ oi7a Go47sc for June, While July was
heId at &c discount The amount Of
wheat on ocean passage Increased 10
$4,000 bushels; the clcarings from sea
board aggregated 1900 bushel5 of wheat
COrn-MarEet ruled firm owing TO I:Tht receipts
and the strength shown in corn. Trading, how
ever, was light Pork nominally unchanged.
Lard and sh II ribs ruled little inner early,
but closed about the So as yesterday. Lead
Ing futures closed as follows: Wheat, No. 2,
May s2Ec; June S41z6Sf &c; July s4Bc;
August o55s G6}a,, Corn, No. :, May SS1S S3S1zc;
June 5y>s q 4Ocs July 4lssC; August 4255c. Mess
perk-tiay ana June SIS 90; lard May S. 50;
June So 9255 July 81 O25!; August ST l27Sz short
ribs alay s. 40; June 81 5O;- July 81 so;
August s. 615z. Cash quotaJiOCs: Flour quiet
sRd unchanged; No spring wheat SPA Gs21Ic;
NO red SIC; No, , corn $3.50. Mess pork
S2S 90 Lard So s.. Short RIBS sides lOOsel
81 30; dry sailed shoulders (bosed} s. 9O96 90;
snort clear sides (boxed) 81 90S Z .
NEW YORK, May 4-FIOur-Market strong.
" heat-SJot lots 3&3S%c and options HGl4c
higher, closing steady, with reaction of 1&e2sC:
snort trading active; speeula ion quite brisk;
SpoE NO : red S5t4 assoc IS store and elevator;
May, "a ll-l6G952[c, ClOsed at SJ2sc; June,
3f18 G55c, closed a. 94<c: July % 3 l6694%c,
c1Osed at 4ct4; august SS2< fG934I o. closed at
9Ee. COIn-SpOt lots firm and quiet; options
shade better, Closing steady speculation light;
spot No. 4Sc st elevator; May 4S04S15c,
ing at ' 4sssc: Jaly D 45 3
closing at 1870; August 81 &6505s :, closing
at 5O55c. Cotfee-Sales Q0,0G0 bags; fair Rio.
firm at S6 so; options higher and fairly active.
May SO 90; June SI+ 95G15 CT; july
Sl4 95gl5 10; August SIS 9S6l5 30; September
So 23fD 10 40; October SIS Pa Is 80; November
Sl5 50l5 40; December SIS. 35Gl5 so; January
So SO; FEBRUARY SIS 40. Sugar steady; refined
quiet Molasss steady. Ri e firm, good in
quiJy. Pork steady and moderately active.
Gut meats firm. Lard hiGher; spot 81 %; June
. 2zG1 ZI3zi July 81 1901 35; August u S79